Embedded Software Engineer

Joinour Embedded Software Engineer team to design, develop, test, and debug software for real-time, hardware-connected systems. This role is designed for an engineer with 2–5 years of relevant experience who can contribute independently to moderately complex work while growing into ownership of more complex technical challenges.

Baker Hughes is a global energy technology company serving customers in more than 120 countries. We design, manufacture, and deliver industry-leading solutions that support energy extraction, production, and processing. Our commitment to innovation and operational excellence drives safer, cleaner, and more efficient energy solutions worldwide.

Partnering with the best

In this role, you will contribute to embedded software projects from design through release, working on SIL-certified protection systems in an agile development environment. Working with experienced engineers, you will own defined features or components, collaborate on technical decisions, verify defects, support release testing, and take on additional project assignments as needed.

As an Embedded Software Engineer, you will be responsible for:

• Independently design and deliver complex software components, seeking guidance from senior engineers when addressing unfamiliar technologies or highly complex technical challenges.
• Contribute to cross-functional development projects by implementing assigned features, participating in design reviews, and communicating progress, risks, and technical tradeoffs.
• Responsible for specific aspects of assigned projects.
• May provide bug verification, release testing or beta support. Could handle special projects, as assigned.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent technical training, with 2–5 years of relevant embedded software experience.
• Experience developing embedded software for at least one processor architecture, such as x86, MIPS, or ARM. Experience with FPGA-based systems is a plus.
• Working knowledge of embedded software fundamentals, including memory management, interrupts, concurrency, communications interfaces, and hardware-software integration.

Desired Characteristics:

You do not need experience in every area listed below. We are looking for strong embedded software fundamentals and welcome candidates who are ready to deepen their expertise in the technologies used by the team.

• Professional experience developing and debugging embedded software in C or C++; experience with both languages is desirable.

• Experience developing, testing, or debugging embedded applications on a real-time operating system, including time-critical or concurrent software.

• Experience diagnosing embedded software issues using debuggers, logs, traces, and hardware-assisted tools in local or remote development environments.

• Experience in developing software for RTOS and embedded applications

• Experience with hardware interfacing

• Some experience in device driver and BSP development is desirable.

• Knowledge of one or more embedded processor or system-on-chip architectures, such as ARM, PowerPC, LEON, or OpenRISC, with the ability to learn additional platforms as project needs evolve.

• Interest in emerging compute technologies, including general-purpose GPU computing and massively parallel processors.

Work in a Way That Works for You

This role may support customer engagements across multiple regions and require approximately 10% travel, with occasional additional travel based on customer and business needs.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are stronger when our people are developed, engaged, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We invest in wellbeing, capability development, and leadership growth across all levels.

Working for you

Our innovations have transformed the energy industry for over a century. To continue progressing, we look for individuals who embrace change and contribute to building the future.

What You Can Expect

· Flexible working opportunities with travel expectations

· Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities

· Comprehensive private medical care options

· Safety net of life insurance and disability programs

· Tailored financial programs

· Education assistance

· Generous parental leave

· Mental health resources

· Dependent care support

· Additional elected or voluntary benefits

This position requires valid work authorization in the country of employment. The employer is unable to sponsor work authorization for this role at any time.

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The annual pay scale for this position is between $72,140.00 - $133,930.00.Candidates for this role (office-based/ hybrid/ remote) must be located in or near the locations displayed above. The pay range/scale displayed above represents Baker Hughes’ good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum for this position at the time of this posting and applies to the possible locations for this position. Baker Hughes will issue a non-bias competitive offer; the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hires, full-time salaries in some U.S. locations, not including equity or benefits. Where an applicant will ultimately fall within the pay range/scale depends on a variety of factors, including, for example, geographic work location, skillset, qualifications, internal pay alignment, level of experience, and demonstrated performance over time. Please keep in mind that the range stated above is the full base salary range for the role and does not include other forms of compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the pay range for this position during the hiring process.

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Engineering Experienced Professional - Embedded SW Development